Lydia Lunch: ‘There won’t be a funeral. You’ll never find my body’

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Lydia Lunch: ‘There won’t be a funeral. You’ll never find my body’

The Teenage Jesus and the Jerks frontwoman shares her hatred of sandwiches and pop culture, plus her wish to evaporate and return to ‘the ether’

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Olivia Rodrigo Has No Chill

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Olivia Rodrigo Has No Chill

The pop star’s biggest asset is her ferocity—and her new record doubles down on those big, messy feelings.

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Olivia Rodrigo: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love review

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Olivia Rodrigo: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love review

(Geffen)Gossips have rushed to the lyrics for details about her personal life, but the rest of us can just get on with luxuriating in Rodrigo’s funny, Cure-infused craft

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'Windrush is a love story too': Renell Shaw on paying homage to Black British life in his new jazz trilogy

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'Windrush is a love story too': Renell Shaw on paying homage to Black British life in his new jazz trilogy

The Ivor Novello-winning musician has written works inspired by his family history. He talks about building music from testimony – and why the Windrush generation deserves new narratives

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Add to playlist: the sweet plunderphonics of Quiet Light and the week’s best new tracks

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Add to playlist: the sweet plunderphonics of Quiet Light and the week’s best new tracks

Riya Mahesh is the ‘insanely Texas girl’ and medical student whose music splits the difference between dazed ambient production and big-tent pop melody

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Taylor Swift is youngest woman inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame, at 36

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Taylor Swift is youngest woman inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame, at 36

New York — Taylor Swift became the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Thursday night. She's 36.

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Pussy Riot: CYKA Review

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Pussy Riot: CYKA Review

On a disappointing record helmed by co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova, corny guitars and generically moody synths undermine the activist group’s political acuity.

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Katia and Marielle Labèque: 55 album review

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Katia and Marielle Labèque: 55 album review

(Deutsche Grammophon) The pianist sisters’ celebration of their 55 years of recording is a thoughtfully curated compilation that reveals the extent of their omnivorous musical appetites

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‘Dangerous for being free’: Mon Laferte on calling out injustice as Chile’s biggest pop star

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‘Dangerous for being free’: Mon Laferte on calling out injustice as Chile’s biggest pop star

The musician opens up about her mental health, government corruption and why conservative backlash won’t stop her speaking her mind

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Kelsey Lu: So Help Me God review

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Kelsey Lu: So Help Me God review

(Dirty Hit) Aided by Jack Antonoff, Kim Gordon, Sampha and more, the cello-playing singer-songwriter’s abstracted yet tuneful second album is worth the seven year wait

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G Flip says they're "just so thankful" for song in "Off Campus," gives advice for young artists

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G Flip says they're "just so thankful" for song in "Off Campus," gives advice for young artists

Musician G Flip first rose to fame in Australia but has become a global star since their song "Bed of Fire" appeared in the series "Off Campus." They speak to "CBS Mornings" about how the song's popularity has impacted their music, family support and advice for young artists.

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LA fans, Mark E Smith’s sisters and Frank Skinner doing the quiz: inside the totally wired festival on the Fall

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LA fans, Mark E Smith’s sisters and Frank Skinner doing the quiz: inside the totally wired festival on the Fall

Featuring cover bands, walking tours and the poet laureate as DJ, The Fall: Futures and Pasts is the ultimate Fall fan experience. But can our writer get through Eat Y’Self Fitter at karaoke?

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